Coat of arms of Finspång
Finspång’s arms place a gold iron mark in the red upper field. The silver lower field contains five conjoined red lozenges; the middle one bears three gold lilies.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
Delad i röd och silver, i första fältet ett järnmärke av guld, i andra fältet Friherrliga ättens de Geer af Finspång vapen [I fält av silver fem bjälkvis ordnade kopplade genomgående röda spetsrutor överlagda med tre liljor av guld.].
This is the Swedish description in the Heraldica record. How it was composed and whether it is an official blazon have not been independently verified here. The editorial text below is based on the linked municipal source.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 14 April 1944: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipal account divides the shield into two fields: the iron mark in the upper field is linked to the works, while the lozenges and lilies in the lower field derive from the de Geer af Finspång family arms.
Background in the municipal sources
Finspång distinguishes the iron mark associated with the works from the family arms. The municipal source presents the story about the lilies’ origin as uncertain.
Heraldic elements
The heraldic elements are identified using HERO, a heraldry ontology published through Finland's Finto service. It provides structured terminology for describing coats of arms and their components. The list describes the structure of the arms, not the symbolic meaning of its elements.
- escutcheon
- per fess
- field
- Or
- Argent
- Gules
- iron symbol
Sources and image rights
Heraldica / National Archives of Finland · Wikidata
Image licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Image source and credit: National Archives of Sweden / Vladimir Sagerlund
Original image. The image has been resized and converted to WebP. The derivative retains the original image’s licence.
